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20/09/1955 Thriller 1h 23m
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No woman could resist his sinister charm!

Overview

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.

  1. Lewis Gilbert

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dirk Bogarde

    Edward "Teddy" Bare

  2. Margaret Lockwood

    Freda Jeffries

  3. Kay Walsh

    Charlotte Young

  4. Kathleen Harrison

    Emmie

  5. Robert Flemyng

    Phillip Mortimer

  6. Mona Washbourne

    Monica Bare

  7. Philip Stainton

    Charlie Mann

  8. Walter Hudd

    Coroner

  9. Lita Roza

    Singer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14
This is a smashing piece of cinema with Kay Walsh ("Charlotte"); Margaret Lockwood ("Freda Jeffries") and Kathleen Harrison ("Emmie") all on great form as the women involved in the machinations of the manipulative, murderous Dirk Bogarde "Edward Bare". When his elderly, wealthy, wife (Mona Washbourne) unexpectedly dies, he is disappointed to learn from her rather sceptical lawyer "Philip Mortimer" (Robert Flemyng) that the will doesn't provide quite as well for him as he had hoped - so he sets about finding a successor - and he alights on the streetwise "Freda" who makes it quite clear that wh...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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